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A constitutional referendum was held in Ecuador on 21 April 2024, amid the 2024 Ecuadorian conflict. [1] [2] The referendum was held on proposed security measures. [1] [2] In January 2024, the Constitutional Court had blocked nine proposed questions. [3] Items F through K were structured as a popular consultation rather than a constitutional ...
The 2011 Popular Consultation in Ecuador was a referendum held on May 7, 2011. President of the Republic of Ecuador Rafael Correa decreed that the 10 questions were approved based on an exit poll on Saturday, May 7. The final results were known on Thursday May 19, 2011: all the proposed changes were approved.
The Court of Justice of the Andean Community was founded in 1979 by the Cartagena Agreement and began operating in January 1984 in Quito, Ecuador; it was originally known as the Andean Pact. [ 1 ] The Andean Community is a sub-regional economic and social integration bloc comprising four member states: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru ...
Ecuador, [a] officially the Republic of Ecuador, [b] is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland.
Daniel Roy Gilchrist Noboa Azín was born on 30 November 1987 in Miami, Florida, [16] [17] however, he was raised in Guayaquil. [18] [19] [20] He is the son of businessman Álvaro Noboa and physician Anabella Azín.
In 2012, Ecuador had a murder rate of 12.4 per 100,000 population. [1] There were a total of 1,924 murders in Ecuador in 2012. [1] By 2014, this had decreased to 8.23 per 100,000, with 1,309 murders recorded that year, [2] but since 2019 the number of homicides, often related to organized crime and narcotraffic operations, has risen to 14 per 100,000 in 2021 while widespread corruption ...
Diane Rodríquez and her partner Nicolás Guamanquispe (pictured) became one of the first couples to register a civil union in Ecuador. Based on Article 68, civil unions for same-sex couples are legal in Ecuador. [13] [14] In August 2014, President Rafael Correa signed a resolution to allow same-sex couples to register their unions.
La Manga del Cura is a territory located in the Manabí Province belonging to the canton El Carmen in Ecuador. The territory covers an area of approximately 487 square kilometres (188 sq mi) [1] with around 24,000 inhabitants. [2] One of the most important tourist sites in the territory is the Cascada del Salto del Armadillo of 30 metres (98 ft ...